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Sources: 2025's Apple Watch Ultra is slated to get satellite connectivity for off-the-grid text messages via Globalstar, and may get blood pressure monitoring — - Company also working on blood-pressure tool for future model — Apple is using MediaTek modems for first time in new watches
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A California District Court judge orders Automattic to stop blocking WP Engine's access to WordPress.org resources and interfering with WP Engine's plugins — WP Engine just won a preliminary injunction against WordPress.com parent company Automattic. On Tuesday, a California District … | Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The US sanctions Chinese cybersecurity government contractor Sichuan Silence and one of its staff over Ragnarok ransomware ties and creating and using zero-days — The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Sichuan Silence, a Chinese cybersecurity company, and one of its employees …
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GM says Cruise will exit the robotaxi business, combining Cruise's and GM's technical teams to focus on autonomous and driver safety tech for upcoming GM cars — Cruise and GM's technical teams will be combined into a single effort focused on developing autonomous technology to offer …
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Trump picks FTC Commissioner Andrew Ferguson to chair the FTC; Ferguson has said the FTC should tackle perceived censorship of conservative viewpoints online — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped Federal Trade Commissioner Andrew Ferguson to lead the consumer protection and antitrust agency.| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
YouTube rolls out its auto-dubbing feature, which generates translated audio tracks, to hundreds of thousands of channels focused on knowledge and information — YouTube announced on Tuesday that its auto-dubbing feature, which allows creators to generate translated audio tracks for their videos … | Boone Ashworth / Wired: |
Amazon launches Amazon Autos, letting US shoppers buy Hyundai cars, and plans to add more dealerships and manufacturers; it was announced in November 2023 — Amazon's partnership with Hyundai means you can use the e-retailer to purchase a brand-new car online.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Instagram rolls out “trial reels”, which let creators experiment by publishing videos only to users who don't follow them, after testing the feature in May 2024 — Instagram is officially rolling out “trial reels” to give creators a way to test out new content by publishing videos that don't appear to their followers.
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A lawsuit against Character.AI alleges its chatbots harmed two young Texas users, including sympathizing with children who kill parents over screen time limits — A child in Texas was 9 years old when she first used the chatbot service Character.AI. It exposed her to “hypersexualized content …
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft unveils a data center design that uses zero water for cooling, down from the 125M+ liters per year a typical center uses, rolling out from August 2024 — New design will use no water to cool the facilities' servers and chips. — Microsoft Corp., trying to mitigate the climate impact … | Aaron Holmes / The Information: |
Source: Google asked the US to break up Microsoft's exclusive agreement to host OpenAI's tech on its cloud servers — Google recently asked the U.S. government to break up Microsoft's exclusive agreement to host OpenAI's technology on its cloud servers, according to a person who has been directly involved in the effort.| Kunal Khullar / Tom's Hardware: |
TSMC reports consolidated November revenue up 34% YoY to ~$8.5B, down 12% from its record in October, when it projected $26.1B-$26.9B Q4 revenue, up 11%-14% QoQ — The company's stock has surged nearly 80% year-to-date, reflecting its robust business growth.
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
NYC-based Stainless, which offers an AI-powered API-to-SDK generator to clients like OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Cloudflare, raised a $25M Series A led by a16z — Devs expect tech vendors to supply software development kits, or SDKs, alongside their products to make it easier to create apps using those products.
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